Delhi-class destroyer

INS Mumbai at sea
Class overview
NameDelhi class
BuildersMazagon Dock Limited
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded byRajput class
Succeeded byKolkata class
Built1987–2001
In commission1997–present
Planned3
Completed3
Active3
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer
Displacement6,200 tonnes (full)
Length163 m (535 ft)
Beam17 m (56 ft)
Draught6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement350 (incl 40 officers)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • MR-755-MAE Fregat E-band air and surface search radar
  • BEL RAWL (Signaal LW-08) D-band air search radar (INS Delhi, INS Mumbai)
  • Indra (TASL) Lanza-N L-band air surveillance radar (INS Mysore, after refit)
  • Fregat M2EM E-Band (After Mid Life Refit; to replace MR-755-MAE)
  • 3 × MR-212/201 I-band navigation radars
  • 6 × MR-90 Orekh G-band fire-control FCR (for Shtil-1)
  • MR-184 I/J-band FCR (INS Mysore; for AK-100)
  • BEL Lynx U2 FCR (INS Delhi, INS Mumbai; for OTO Melara 76 mm)
  • 2 × EL/M-2221 FCR (for Barak 1)
  • 2 × MR-123-02 I/J-band FCR (for AK-630)
  • Granit Garpun B FCR
  • BEL HUMVAD hull-mounted sonar (INS Delhi, INS Mysore)
  • BEL HUMSA hull-mounted sonar (INS Mumbai)
  • Thales Advanced Towed Array Sonar (INS Mumbai)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • BEL Ajanta Mk 2 ESM
  • BEL Ellora MK2 ESM(After Mid life Refit)
  • Elettronica TQN-2 jammer
  • 2 PK2 chaff launchers
  • Kavach (anti-missile system) (After Mid life Refit)
  • Towed decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Sea King Mk 42B helicopters

The Delhi-class destroyers, also known Project 15 are a class guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Three ships of this class are in active service. The Delhi-class vessels were the largest vessels to be built in India at the time of their commissioning. The ships were built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at a cost of 750 crore (equivalent to 32 billion or US$380 million in 2023) each.